The Hindu : Institute to export legal services mooted

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Sunday, Feb 08, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Institute to export legal services mooted

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, FEB. 7. The Chief Justice of India, V. N. Khare, has suggested setting up of an institution, near the NALSAR University of Law here, for exporting legal services to other countries.

Speaking after laying the foundation stone for the new building complex of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy at Shamirpet, he said that he had suggested to the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, establishment of such an institution when Mr. Naidu had sought his opinion in this regard. He said that a good deal of international arbitration was taking place in London and New York because of the impartiality and speedy delivery of justice.

Stating that there was no shortage of judges here, he said that the time had come for establishing such an institution. He assured to give all help in this regard.

Justice Khare said that judges held a unique position in civil life of the community. "The citizen's life , liberty, reputation, property and domestic and personal happiness are all subjected to the wisdom of the judges and dependent on their decision. A nation cannot be safe if its standards of justice are low," he said.

He stressed that a capable, strong and impartial judiciary was the greatest need and an asset of a state. He said society needed an efficient judicial system to avert the menace of "tooth and claws". The judiciary should be efficient, upright, honest, impartial and independent. "Every effort should be made to weed out the defects of the system. No one is perfect. It is only the training that makes man perfect. Judicial training is not only necessary, but also essential for catering better quality, greater efficiency and higher productivity in judicial administration," he added.

The Chief Minister, N.Chandrababu Naidu, declared his Government's intention to develop a "Justice City" near NALSAR and said that the required land would be provided for setting up an institute of international standard so that "this becomes one of the prominent places for delivery of justice." He said that training imparted in the AP Judicial Academy would help judicial officers of the State to take necessary and effective steps to reduce the huge backlog of cases in courts.

He said the Government had taken several steps such as making administration transparent and reducing administrative discretion to bring down litigation.

The judges of the Supreme Court, A. R. Lakshmanan and P. Venkatarama Reddi, spoke.

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